[etni] fw: projects

From: Judi Granit - judiavi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: projects

About working with projects....while I don't agree with all of
the comments below.   I did find doing the research computer
work "in-class" very problematic.  Last year we began asking
the students to do all the computer search work at home and
bring to school their findings in a file.  This was much more
successful and resulted in less wasted time.  If students had
difficulties they were allowed to call or email us and ask for
help in searching for appropriate articles and websites.

Judi G.


Nira wrote:
I'd like to comment on project work. I agree that many teachers don't know 
how to deal with projects. However, even those who took all the NBA courses
offered in the last 4 years (like my colleagues and I), are very skeptical
about the benefits of doing projects.

We began working on projects 4 years ago (grades 10-12). At first, it was 
supposed to be a research question and it took many lessons to explain that,
find a question, work in the computer lab to find sources, teach computer
skills and summarizing, check the drafts, etc. We did it willingly, because

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